Effective January 1, 2009: All new applicants applying for membership at a central Ohio OhioHealth hospital will be required to provide fingerprints to the OhioHealth Protective Services or Human Resources Department. The fingerprinting will be conducted only at initial application. Applicants will be required to sign a consent form for this process. Failure to sign a consent form will terminate the application process. OHGCS will facilitate the scheduling of the fingerprinting process at any of the 5 Central Ohio OhioHealth Hospitals.

Practitioners who are currently in an internship/residency training program at Riverside, Grant or Doctors and are applying for membership on an OhioHealth Medical Staff immediately following their training program will not be required to submit fingerprints provided that fingerprints were obtained at some point during their training program.    .

Practitioners who have completed a training program at Riverside, Grant or Doctors and have relocated or did not apply for membership to an OhioHealth Medical Staff within 3 months of completing the training will be considered new applicants for the purposes of the fingerprinting policy. 

OhioHealth currently participates with National WebCheck as the vendor to electronically submit fingerprints to the BCII. This submission allows for a criminal records check to be completed by both BCII and the FBI. OhioHealth will accept an original background check that is performed by another National WebCheck vendor. If you utilize the services of another National Webcheck vendor other than OhioHealth you will be required to pay the vendor’s fee at the time the service is performed. Reports that are completed by another National WebCheck vendor other than OhioHealth are required to have both the BCII and FBI record check completed. Results of the reports are to be submitted to: 

 OhioHealth Group Credentialing Services
445 Hutchinson Avenue, Suite 550
Columbus, OH 43235